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at age 5 or 6 there was revolution and they came back to the united states and my dad had to get help, the financial help. the government helped his family to be able to get back on their feet again. by the warks that's the way america works, we care for people and help lift them up and get them back. we don't have that become a permanent lifestyle. we help people, we get them on their feet. >> joe, a lot of people are analyzing mitt romney as taking a much more moderate tone. how will those on the right who may have liked this hard line that they were hearing from mitt romney, hearing that hard line from the private tape that was secretly recorded, how are they going to react to this more moderate approach? >> i think that they will like the fact that mitt romney is talking about everybody. he made those comments in may. they could have been worded a lot better than they were. he's doing the right thing by telling people he cares about all americans and he cares about the situation of every american and lots of people including his own family in the past have needed help. there's not
at age 5 or 6 there was revolution and they came back to the united states and my dad had to get help, the financial help. the government helped his family to be able to get back on their feet again. by the warks that's the way america works, we care for people and help lift them up and get them back. we don't have that become a permanent lifestyle. we help people, we get them on their feet. >> joe, a lot of people are analyzing mitt romney as taking a much more moderate tone. how will...
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i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissivedismissively, wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this morning, and i was in a supermarket. and i was ordering lunch. and the woman on the other side of the counter recognized me. and she said, oh, my gosh, she said, what that man said -- she said, i'm not a victim. i mean, this is how deeply that has sunk in. that's what i think the problem is. >> i think it is sinking in. and republicans in senate and house races, as i said just a moment ago, are going to have to go home and answer to this. what do they think about this? this is putting them in a real tough spot. do you really think that this is going to affect races? is this a real opening for the d
i mean, disappointment in that you have a candidate for president of the united states of america, from one of our two major parties, who essentially, very easily and dismissivedismissively, wrote off half the country. what about the 20 million senior citizen who don't pay income taxes? are they victims? what about our veterans? what about middle class, hard-working families? it's just -- it's just incredibly disappointing. and i'll tell you, just a quick story. i was home in my district this...
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. >> is this good for the united states? is this good for the arab people. >> eliot: just to stop you, that is a fundamental question that we don't often stop to ask that question. who is we? >> we tend to think if it's bad for us it must be bad for them. we don't stop and think that something bad for us might be good for them. in the long run the middle east is to have legitimate stable government. stable democratic government. that's good for them. in the short one it's quite possible while it's still good for the arab world, it will be bad for us. why? because when you replace bought and paid for dictators like we had before who could be counted on to share america's sense-- >> eliot: mu barrack. >> when her you replace that with a democratic government, which is responsive to its people and you have a population which is fairly heavily anti-american, it's going to look pretty anti-america. is that bad for arab peoples in egypt libya yemen and elsewhere? >> eliot: syria. >> we don't know, and the answer is no. but is it b
. >> is this good for the united states? is this good for the arab people. >> eliot: just to stop you, that is a fundamental question that we don't often stop to ask that question. who is we? >> we tend to think if it's bad for us it must be bad for them. we don't stop and think that something bad for us might be good for them. in the long run the middle east is to have legitimate stable government. stable democratic government. that's good for them. in the short one it's...
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and rehabilitation programs the world over, including in the united states, often fail. the hope is that you the get one or two of these guys out of a whole host of them actually not to return to the battlefield. that's something of a win. but the united states has recognized this policy of repatriating them, that they may return to the battlefield. >> fran, you were just there. you were a close friend of ambassador stevens. did he ever say anything to you like we're hearing in these reports, that he believed he was on an al qaeda hit list. he was very concerned about the deteriorating security situation in benghazi? >> you know, it was august 29th, that morning ambassador stevens and i had breakfast together. we had a whole conversation because i expressed concern about the growing rise in michigans in tripoli. -- militias in tripoli. the growing number east of benghazi, growing in numbers and their arms capability there. he was clearly concerned about that. but he suggested to me at some point to go to benghazi, to see for myself. so i think he understood very well the
and rehabilitation programs the world over, including in the united states, often fail. the hope is that you the get one or two of these guys out of a whole host of them actually not to return to the battlefield. that's something of a win. but the united states has recognized this policy of repatriating them, that they may return to the battlefield. >> fran, you were just there. you were a close friend of ambassador stevens. did he ever say anything to you like we're hearing in these...
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why is this guy still able to walk before a camera and say, i want to be a united states senator? >> well, first of all, i love the idea that he has a democratic woman in his campaign photo there, because, of course, democrats are the one most enthusiastic about him remaining in the race. because he's the one likeliest to hand the seat right back to them. you know, this is maybe the luckiest man alive, because he had this horrible scandal, looked like he was going down, then the conventions came. and now mitt romney's in trouble. that's the bigger distraction for the republicans than what's happening in missouri. all eyes are off him. the democrats are laying low. they don't want to bring this thing up again, until they hit the 25th, when he has to stay on >> well, he's still in the race, because he won the primary. republicans had other choices in the primary. it was a three-way race, and he won it. and he can continue to stay on the ballot. the official date is the 25th. that's tuesday, as you mentioned. but, actually, it might be a few days earlier than that, because officials
why is this guy still able to walk before a camera and say, i want to be a united states senator? >> well, first of all, i love the idea that he has a democratic woman in his campaign photo there, because, of course, democrats are the one most enthusiastic about him remaining in the race. because he's the one likeliest to hand the seat right back to them. you know, this is maybe the luckiest man alive, because he had this horrible scandal, looked like he was going down, then the...
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he's been running for six years or so essential lil, for president of the united states. you would have thought this is something they had done immediately after they won the nomination and it became obvious he was going to be the nominee. >> agree 100%. if this is the retooling -- i say it's not a retooling, it's a re-retooling, on monday we were talking about retooling and then the video came out and they're retooling again, it's a time he needs to do. three fox polls in battle ground states, came out last night, ohio, florida, virginia, if you had to pick three states where the election's going to be decided it's these three. obama up seven in ohio, five in florida, three in virginia. >> well, it's not good. i men when you see the polls. and they mirror the polling we had done with nbc/"wall street journal"/marist a week ago, showed the same numbers. we'll have new polls tonight at 6:30 on some other key states in iowa, wisconsin, and colorado. and those are going to be states that we're going to be interested to see just where is this race moving, or is it moving at a
he's been running for six years or so essential lil, for president of the united states. you would have thought this is something they had done immediately after they won the nomination and it became obvious he was going to be the nominee. >> agree 100%. if this is the retooling -- i say it's not a retooling, it's a re-retooling, on monday we were talking about retooling and then the video came out and they're retooling again, it's a time he needs to do. three fox polls in battle ground...
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states on this point is hillary rodham clinton, our secretary of state. in a way, just as bill clinton proved to be a better explainer of the president's policies than the president in some ways if you've heard the secretary of state around -- she's been traveling around the world, she has been a very good articulator of the american values that we're talking about that it's messy but we have our free speech at home. we are firming a top line message for the moment, seems to me, not so much talking about now great our freedom of speech is, which is our internal message, it that is united states government did not have anything to do with this, we don't condone it. we think it's wrong. >> you know, it's funny. you mentioned, hillary, that's an apt person to talk about here. another person is chris stevens himself. one of the things that i learned a lot from the tragedy that happened there was like, they kind of like, the kind of diplomacy that's happening there. i don't know how many other places around the world it's happening like that but chris steven w
states on this point is hillary rodham clinton, our secretary of state. in a way, just as bill clinton proved to be a better explainer of the president's policies than the president in some ways if you've heard the secretary of state around -- she's been traveling around the world, she has been a very good articulator of the american values that we're talking about that it's messy but we have our free speech at home. we are firming a top line message for the moment, seems to me, not so much...
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as president of the united states my first trip, my first foreign trip will be to israel to show the world we care about that country. >> reporter: he underscored that in the july visit to jerusalem. well, the palestinians are going to say -- >> reporter: in a tape of a closed fund-raiser back in may, romney said israel didn't have a strong palestinian part. >> not wanting to see peace anyway, committed to the destruction and lem nation of israel and these thorny issues and there's no way. >> reporter: romney declared the support of a two-state solution in an interview i did with him in the recent trip to israel. >> the decision is to where the borders would be, as we move to a two-state solution, which i support, that's a decision on borders that will be worked out by the israelis and the palestinians. >> reporter: romney says obama rebuffed israel's security concerns. however, the israeli defense minister bah r arouk said the relationship with the united states is solid. >> they should tell you that this administration under president obama is doing in regard to our security more t
as president of the united states my first trip, my first foreign trip will be to israel to show the world we care about that country. >> reporter: he underscored that in the july visit to jerusalem. well, the palestinians are going to say -- >> reporter: in a tape of a closed fund-raiser back in may, romney said israel didn't have a strong palestinian part. >> not wanting to see peace anyway, committed to the destruction and lem nation of israel and these thorny issues and...
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states whom voters would rather spend some time with. that's something the white house sees as an opening. that interview there, the spanish language interview, the president down there trying to widen his lead in the state of florida and nationwide among that key voting bloc. there were not all softballs. there were some zingers, some chin music, some fast balls on immigration. the host kept going after the president accusing him of breaking his promise on immigration reform. the president defended himself. but on this question of 47%, the president seizing that opportunity to once again hammer away at mitt romney. >> mike, i need to tell you in a straw poll of our office, of those who would like to have dinner or lunch with either the president or mr. romney, you came out on top. nbc's mike viqueira, thank you very much indeed. we'll be right back. haters best get to bloggin' ♪ in it ♪ so hot right now d esigthneatr ♪ our ♪ sunglasses be foggin' ♪ this crowd is classic ♪ so we play 'em like rachmaninoff ♪ ♪ just hooked
states whom voters would rather spend some time with. that's something the white house sees as an opening. that interview there, the spanish language interview, the president down there trying to widen his lead in the state of florida and nationwide among that key voting bloc. there were not all softballs. there were some zingers, some chin music, some fast balls on immigration. the host kept going after the president accusing him of breaking his promise on immigration reform. the president...
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united states. then there's a link to buy the poster. i guess the question is, is it appropriate to use the american flag like this for campaign purposes? >> you know, free speech, wolf. look, i know there are some right wing bloggers who are already gone through their level of outrage. i often think of this as just another distraction. but this is just artist for obama to generate excitement, interest and of course get a couple dollars into a campaign that really needs a lot of money right now. i hope this is not another distraction like god in the platform, which didn't really look at the fact that we had more than six chapters on god. but we often get called into these sidebar conversations because we don't want to talk about the big issues facing this country. ana is right, it's 100%. we're all in this together. while mitt romney is talking about people not paying taxes, we should talk about corporations that don't pay their fair share. it's time he release his own taxes to the american people t
united states. then there's a link to buy the poster. i guess the question is, is it appropriate to use the american flag like this for campaign purposes? >> you know, free speech, wolf. look, i know there are some right wing bloggers who are already gone through their level of outrage. i often think of this as just another distraction. but this is just artist for obama to generate excitement, interest and of course get a couple dollars into a campaign that really needs a lot of money...
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and justice in the united states of america. the reality is that there is a duly issued is up to the department of justice to provide us the documentation that they said cleared them. they never provided us that documentation. there were 140,000 documents. we got less than 8,000 of them in. if you're -- i think it really does vindicate what chairman issa and myself have been saying, if we want 100% of the proof, you need to share the documents with us. people need to be held accountable. to date, nobody has been fired d at the department of justice. they haven't made the structural changes at the senior levels to make sure this doesn't happen again. there's still a long ways to go on this to make sure it never, ever happens again. >> white house is accusing republicans of, quote, wasting time and resources on politically motivated election-year attacks. is that fair? >> no, absolutely it's not fair. brian terry was killed nearly two years ago. this should have been done a long time ago. if they didn't lie to congress, sent us tw
and justice in the united states of america. the reality is that there is a duly issued is up to the department of justice to provide us the documentation that they said cleared them. they never provided us that documentation. there were 140,000 documents. we got less than 8,000 of them in. if you're -- i think it really does vindicate what chairman issa and myself have been saying, if we want 100% of the proof, you need to share the documents with us. people need to be held accountable. to...
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at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. my dad had to get help, financial help. the government helped his family get back on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we care for people that have needs. we get them up, but we don't make it a permanent lifestyle. we help people, we get them on their feet then they build a brighter future! >> earlier in the evening, the republican candidate attended a forum with the spanish network. he told an audience of latino voters he's not counting out anyone this november. >> first of all, this is a campaign about the 100%. over the last several years you see greater and greater divisiveness in this country. we hoped to come back together but instead we have pulled apart. politics has driven us apart. my campaign is about the 100% of america. i'm concerned about them. i know i'm not going to get 100% of the vote. my campaign will focus on them. this is a campaign about helping people who need help. i have a record. i've demonstrated by capacity to help the 100%. >>> pr
at age 5 or 6, there was revolution and they came back to the united states. my dad had to get help, financial help. the government helped his family get back on their feet again. by the way, that's the way america works. we care for people that have needs. we get them up, but we don't make it a permanent lifestyle. we help people, we get them on their feet then they build a brighter future! >> earlier in the evening, the republican candidate attended a forum with the spanish network. he...
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the united states." social media sites exploded today. here are a couple of tweets from the republican party chairman reince priebus. obama states of america? wow. >> blogger michelle malcon. "ho, say can you see, obama's new miles per hour flag. narcissist in chief strikes again. unbelievable." a mid-speech flip-flop at the-up from secretary general ban ki-moon. he first defended freedom of expression when asked about the controversial anti-islam film. "all human beings have the inalienable right to freedom of expression." but then he said, "when some use freedom of expression to humiliate others' values and belief it can not be protected." besides contradicting himself he goes against the universal declaration of human rights that freedom to hold opinions without interference, and to seek and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. finally a new yorker's last ditch effort to save his gas station problem that is for the birds. the control spring planning board you see
the united states." social media sites exploded today. here are a couple of tweets from the republican party chairman reince priebus. obama states of america? wow. >> blogger michelle malcon. "ho, say can you see, obama's new miles per hour flag. narcissist in chief strikes again. unbelievable." a mid-speech flip-flop at the-up from secretary general ban ki-moon. he first defended freedom of expression when asked about the controversial anti-islam film. "all human...
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it was all ready to go until they showed up and saw the president of the united states holding a rally. the obama campaign had booked the same barn on the same date. >> just our luck. that's kind of how -- oh, yeah, figures, the one place which the president also chooses. >> so on the big day, president obama ended his campaign speech with moments to spare before the wedding. the bride rushed into her ceremony and walked down the aisle on time. to extend his apologies for clogging up the parking lot, president obama left behind a wedding gift, a silver tray and a mint julep cup. where he got that, we don't know. >> i used it the first night for sure. love him or hate him, it's a gift from the president. >> unknown fact. along with the football the president of the united states travels with, also travels with a mint julep cup. the newlyweds say they're not democrats, but they admit the cup from the president was by far the coolest wedding gift they received. >>> sam stein, thanks, man, we'll talk to you. >> thanks, guys. >>> up next, senator tom coburn joins the conversation. also, ric
it was all ready to go until they showed up and saw the president of the united states holding a rally. the obama campaign had booked the same barn on the same date. >> just our luck. that's kind of how -- oh, yeah, figures, the one place which the president also chooses. >> so on the big day, president obama ended his campaign speech with moments to spare before the wedding. the bride rushed into her ceremony and walked down the aisle on time. to extend his apologies for clogging...
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and as offensive as this video was, and obviously we have denounced it and the united states government had nothing to do with it, that's never an excuse for violence. >> all right. again, see, doesn't say a word. >> if you are going to take the high ground in the war on terrorism, you are going to end up having a great seat to witness your own demise. he has got to send a message to the muslim world. he has also got to send a message to this country that we're not going to frog walk idiots out their front door and take pictures of them on demand like we're paflov's dog from the muslim world. forget about him. we have got to lay a bigger marker down in that part of the world. this is what happens would when we are deemed to be the weaker horse. we are deemed to be the riderless horse in that part of the country right now. we need to send a message. only thing with ben bernanke qe 3 has so devalued our dollar now the 2 billion we send to egypt is a slap in the face. that's how we are getting back at them. >> bill: obama administration has stopped paying egypt and that's what the presiden
and as offensive as this video was, and obviously we have denounced it and the united states government had nothing to do with it, that's never an excuse for violence. >> all right. again, see, doesn't say a word. >> if you are going to take the high ground in the war on terrorism, you are going to end up having a great seat to witness your own demise. he has got to send a message to the muslim world. he has also got to send a message to this country that we're not going to frog...
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bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. gym governor of our nation's second largest state, which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2008, a celebration of the best political sat fire from the first 25 years of "saturday night live." >> great obama mask. >> who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that, live from new york it's saturday night! >> to there you have it. before i let you go, jay farrell, the guy now plays president obama, you like him? thumbs up on that one? >> absolutely. yeah. i think it's a definite improvement. really like the mannerisms. he's got them right down pat. >> ted, thank you very much. we'll see the show tonight and how it all turns out. thank you. catch it tonight at 8:00 eastern time on nbc. >>> we'll be right back with the gut check on mitt romney and the trickle down. but that doesn't n we should be penalized for it. that's why liberty mutual insurance policies come standard with accident forgiveness, if you qualify. learn
bush, republican candidate for president of the united states. gym governor of our nation's second largest state, which is bigger than every other state except one. welcome to presidential bash 2008, a celebration of the best political sat fire from the first 25 years of "saturday night live." >> great obama mask. >> who is that under there? >> i just wanted to let the american people know that, live from new york it's saturday night! >> to there you have it....
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. >>> the united states and china appear to be on a collision course. china has promised to investigate today after protesters swarmed u.s. ambassador gary locke's car in beijing. he got stuck in a demonstration which was technically taking place over japan's control of islands in the south china sea. it was an image which got a lot of people's attention and caused anxiety given actions we've seen in the middle east. the move in china comes as leon panetta wrapped up a very important visit. a crucial visit. he met with the future chinese president and on the agenda, the american military build up in asia, which china sees as a direct threat. and in fact, the relationship between the u.s. and its allies has become one of the bigs issues of 2012. amid signs the president could be losing ground when it comes to foreign policy. we wanted to talk about this poll and stood out to me. take a look at this poll. it shows the president's approval rating on the issue of foreign policy has fallen 12 points among independents. "outfront" tonight, stphanie cutter. go
. >>> the united states and china appear to be on a collision course. china has promised to investigate today after protesters swarmed u.s. ambassador gary locke's car in beijing. he got stuck in a demonstration which was technically taking place over japan's control of islands in the south china sea. it was an image which got a lot of people's attention and caused anxiety given actions we've seen in the middle east. the move in china comes as leon panetta wrapped up a very important...
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midnight on september 20, 2011 was the first time it was legal to be in the united states military and also openly gay. and what happened to the u.s. military, aside from some partying on that first night? were there riots? no. and just about a year after full repeal, the first academic study of the consequences concludes thusly. quote, the appeal has had no overall impact on military readiness or its component dimensions. there you go. the repeal of don't ask don't tell widely viewed of a nonevent one year ago. except of course for the american men and service men whose lives have been changed for the better. do you remember who said it was going to be a disaster? >> i hope that when we pass this legislation that we will understand that we are doing great damage and we could possibly and probably, and i've been told by literally thousands members of the military, harm the battle effectiveness which is so vital to the support, to the survival of your young men and women in the military. today is a very sad day.
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. >> jennifer: quickly moody's is warning that the united states is soon going to face a credit downgrade if they don't deal with this. what would that do to our retirement accounts and mutual funds and stocks if that hand? >> i'm not part of the rating agency. i sold my company to moody's so i have no insider information about the downgrade, but i read carefully what they say and pay close attention to it. and they pretty clear if we get into next year and can't get a deal and do those things i discussed, they will probably down grade the debt. that won't cataclysmic, but it will hurt. they will download all of the debts. so we will see investment managers having to sell that debt, because they have contractors with investors saying that can't own debt at ratings that are lower than agreed. and that hurts everybody, 401k pension, because we all own stocks and bonds. so this is not a good thing. >> jennifer: all right. mark i really appreciate it. mark zandi, chief economist at and up next, win the presidency, take back the house, keep the senate? we'll see how we'r sir... excuse me, excu
. >> jennifer: quickly moody's is warning that the united states is soon going to face a credit downgrade if they don't deal with this. what would that do to our retirement accounts and mutual funds and stocks if that hand? >> i'm not part of the rating agency. i sold my company to moody's so i have no insider information about the downgrade, but i read carefully what they say and pay close attention to it. and they pretty clear if we get into next year and can't get a deal and do...
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states, not 47%, but a big chunk of it. here is what barry goldwater said which is similar to what romney said, let's get rid of the part of the country we don't like. >> in a saturday evening post article dated august 31st, 1963, barry goldwater said, sometimes i think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea. can a man who makes statements like this be expected to serve all the people justly and fairly? >> well, looks like governor romney would like to saw off 47% of the country. john hilman, don't you like the voice of that old tv commercial? that's authoritative. >> totally awesome. look, i think that, you know, it's hard for us to criticize governor romney. last week we were saying, you know, it's terrible this thing he said, earlier this week, it's terrible this thing he said, you need to be the president of all americans. for him to try to right that ship and apologize, although he didn't come out and own it in quite the way i think would be the most f
states, not 47%, but a big chunk of it. here is what barry goldwater said which is similar to what romney said, let's get rid of the part of the country we don't like. >> in a saturday evening post article dated august 31st, 1963, barry goldwater said, sometimes i think this country would be better off if we could just saw off the eastern seaboard and let it float out to sea. can a man who makes statements like this be expected to serve all the people justly and fairly? >> well,...
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states. >> he did say what he wouldn't do, but he wouldn't specify what he would do to solve the immigration problem in the country. still a lot of questions for his voters there. >> he tried to make light or at least show that he, you know, has some humor that, he knows how to make light of kind of an awkward movement -- moment. did that translate? did it work? >> well, it's funny when you think about it. his father was born in mexico in the state of chau wau wau. he has distanced himself from that part of his heritage, and that can be a two-way street because on the one hand it could have helped with latino voters, but, on the other hand, it would have been compromising when it comes to the conservative base of the republican party. let's see how he handled it. >> are you sure you're not hispanic? >>ty think that might have helped me here at the university of miami. as you know, my dad was born of american parents living in mexico, but he came back to this country at age 5 or 6 and was -- h
states. >> he did say what he wouldn't do, but he wouldn't specify what he would do to solve the immigration problem in the country. still a lot of questions for his voters there. >> he tried to make light or at least show that he, you know, has some humor that, he knows how to make light of kind of an awkward movement -- moment. did that translate? did it work? >> well, it's funny when you think about it. his father was born in mexico in the state of chau wau wau. he has...